2002
Grade Level Pre-k-3rd
Watch and Listen to the Yellow Umbrella
2nd and 3rd Grade Activity: Writing Through Wordless Picture Books
Applications- Write narrative accounts that develop character, setting, and plot.
Conventions- Write legibly in finished draft.
Communication- Respond to presentations and media messages by stating the purpose and summarizing ideas.
Have students bring their writing journals to the reading rug. Share the story along with the music. Next, explain that they are going to use the pictures and the music to tell their own story using words. Brainstorm words and phrases that students can jot down in their journal. Words such as splash, misty, windy, whoosh, softly, etc. Divide students into small groups to compose, edit, and revise their stories.
Activity: Yellow Umbrella Paintings
For this art activity you can precut tissue paper circles for young children. Use white tagboard for a more durable surface. Students will use tempera paint to create a scene from the book. Next, they will add tissue paper circles to represent the umbrellas.
References
Liu, J. (2002). Yellow Umbrella. La Jolla, CA: Kane Miller
Hello Lara,
ReplyDeleteI really like the yellow umbrella book, and the piano music is fantastic. I remember being in art class and the teacher playing Beatles music. So music and art in class are a terrific combination.
Another activity I could suggest is have a balloon as the narrator of the story, and have the balloon tell the story of floating above all the umbrellas and telling about the scenes below. The students could describe one picture and then pass it on the next student in a chain story.
I like your art activity, too.
Thanks for sharing this book and the ideas about teaching it.
Beth